| [dog (canis familiaris) infectivity to lutzomyia youngi in trujillo, venezuela]. | in trujillo, venezuela the prevalence for american tegumentary leishmaniasis (atl) is 38 per 100,000 inhabitants. | 2006 | 17361861 |
| diversity and species composition of sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) in a venezuelan urban focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis. | the present study examined the spatial and temporal abundance and diversity of phlebotomine sand flies in an area of venezuela that is an ancient focus of leishmaniasis. the study was conducted in 6 stations in urban localities in trujillo city, located in northwestern venezuela (9 degrees 22' 24" n, 70 degrees 26' 08" w), which is located in a mountain range in the andean ecoregion (altitude = 600-1,010 m). during 1995-99, entomological surveys were conducted after and before the rainy season. ... | 2004 | 15270002 |
| [leishmania braziliensis: isolation from lesions by inoculation of hamsters with and without addition of salivary gland lysate from lutzomyia youngi]. | homogenized biopsy tissue from the cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions of 50 patients from trujillo, venezuela, were inoculated subcutaneously into the tarsi of male hamsters. homogenized tissue either alone or mixed with salivary gland lysates of lutzomyia youngi were used for inoculation. homogenized tissue alone yielded 58.5% of infections with a mean of twelve weeks for prepatency, while those mixed with sandfly lysate resulted in 92% of infections with a mean prepatency of three weeks. | 1995 | 8525308 |
| physiological age in lutzomyia youngi (diptera: psychodidae) populations from an endemic area for cutaneous leishmaniasis, venezuela. | batches of sylvatic females of lutzomyia youngi (phlebotominae) captured in a shannon trap on twelve occasions over one year in a locality where subcutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic, near the city of trujillo, venezuela, were used to study: 1) the percentages of parous females according to previously established criteria and 2) the average number of eggs laid spontaneously by isolated females during 7 days after feeding on hamsters. the data on the batches of females captured on nights previous ... | 1994 | 7660044 |